The Sun. — London, England, 1810-09-01 00:00:00

By the .Trident, arrived at Green( , ck from New- York, American .Papers have been received to the 2.8t1r of July. Althoug'r not of so late a date as the papers received on Ttiwsday, they contain Lome in telligence we 'have Pot had before, which, in the present state of the between this Country and the United States, is of c;),isidetable importance, as will be seen by the fo'lluwing article WAsurNwrot4, Jutor 26-.--We are informed thal on the 24th June, 1810, the United SAttei brig Vixen, Lieut. 'num, carry tug 14 guns, on her way to New Orleans, under orders from our Go. cernment, near the Bahamas,' was, in a wanton and unprovoked manner, fired into by the B.itish sloop of war, the Moselle, Capt. BoYCE, rating 20 guns, 32 pouniers—a 32 pound shot carried away tie main boom of the Vixen within a shoil distance of Colonel POINDEXTEn, a member of Congress, who, with his family, had taken passage on board, on his return from Conkress ; and a splinter from .‘:the boom woun& , l slightly Mr.. iton"Ngv, son of the Attorney Ger cral or the United Slates; who likewise woo on his way to,New Otleaus. The bubjuined extract of a lett , r from a gentle man of great respectability o:i board' the Vixen, to his friend i!) this city, wit! give a detail of circum stances; and on the conduct of Lieut. ThIPPE will ksbear to make a comment, because, in our 'war . with Tripoli, this offictr signalized bilil , elf but more especially as we are itifoaned,thst he has been ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to repai r immediately to Washington, fur the pureose of an inquiry into his cunduEt, is not returning the fl re of tne Moselle. " 0 the g4th inst. (June) an occurrence took place, which was equal:y unpleasant and unexwct ed. The character of the affair, however, c-orrt-s -p nds with the treatment wh ch we , ave so otten received front the British Nasal Commanders on for mer oc ,- asionl. The Moselle, a2O ilun brig, carry ing 3a pounders, was lying at anciitir StitrUp Roy, bear the Ba..aura 13 The kixen approached her under toll sail, with her peib.ant acid ensign hoisted. 'Die commander of the Moselle hoisted French colours, and exhibited several pri- vote signals. "Capt. Thaw, on- perceiting a boat, which h e suppo.ed wi.hed to speak his , vessel, hauled up and received the Officer, who recriested him to go down to the British vessel. With this request Cap.t.TRIPPE declined a compliance, furnishing the Officer, at the . the same time, with the name of vessel, and her destinalien. Capt. B ;YCE, who commands the Moselle, fired a shut at us as we passed, which Capt . Tours considered•as an intimation that he wished to speak with us. - Several musket balls were fircct from the boat into the vessel ; and at the very mo ment the British Officer was politely received tin board the Vixen, a:,ti before he had taken a memo randum of the' ieply, which was given by Capt. TaiPPE - In the me. , age which was delivered—C.ip. BOYCE fired a round shut, which came over the quarter-deck, and penetrated the main boom of the Vixen. " Cap , 3lll TIIIPPE immediately discharged the Bri!ish Otticcr, arai prei , ..red for attion. British trio slipped her c - ibie, and got under way, menacing an attack ou our vessel. • So soon as she approached ithiu a proper ditchice, Ciptain TKIPPE dispatched . a boat, wi+h his First Lieutenant, to dethaud of the Briti,h Officer a❑ expiahation ut hip conduct ; who sent Lis Lieutenant on board the V ixen, Nith vari- cu.; apologies, wl,;clt were not understood iu a sa t:staCtory wanner ; and Captain Tau' 'addressed a note to Captain BOYCE, requiring a written State ment of the reasons which had induced him to fi-e two blots at his vessel. " Captain 13nyce returned for answer, that he re cr;gnized, a ith vleasure, the existing amity between tite two couldies, and was extremely sorry for hav ing Ut us—that the reasons which - induced him to fire, were that he es)uld not aistitiguiub our colours, and saw no preparaticns for in sail—that he had been iritormed two French privateers were Alain; out in he. Utiittd Stlles, and supposed we might probably be one of them. He a.s.) plAlged his houour that his shot was not alined at our ves sel. " The explanation was deemed by Gipt. THIPPE, sufficient to prevent any further conflict ; and we instantly made sail, and proceeded on our course.— The injury which we sustained was trifling. Mr. RODNE;Y'S sou was struck by a splinter from the boom, .Ylnch occasioned his mon!li to bleed a shots time—no other person was touched. " The condutt of Captiiin 'flume in this affair was highly honourable to himself, to the American nivy, and to his country. The Vixen was prepared for action with the greatest promptitude and order, and the explanation demanded in a manner whitt left do doubt as to his determination to %Indicate the honour of the national flag, or perish in Ott'', at tempt. The official assurances of Capt. Boyce could not be questioned in an official, form, but I feel the most perfect convictions that he knew the Vixen to bean Amet ican man of war—that he fired the se. Fond shot directly at the vessel, with the view of pro= yoking a return of the fire, and thereby furnish him IA nil an excuse for going into . action :with a vessel of inferior metal, and then Sluff the responsibility from himself, by dcclating that his shot was fired through mistake, and withutot any intention of injuring the . v 5..e.1, I was on deck and saw the gun on the fore castle of the Moselle leVelled directly at the Vixen, and was not more t! an Moe feet num . :the place iAttiere the Shut struck the boom. The insolence of this transaction is not more remarkable than the meanness displayed by tLe British commander, ,in otcases fur his conduct." _ w. By a Gentleman who recently arrived from Hol land we learn, that nothing can 'exceed the con sternation, misery, and despair, which r revail in that Country, except the horror and detesta:i in in which the character . of . BUONAPARTE is held by all ranks of people. They are, however, kept under such severe 'restraint, tat of.v_ dare not giiVe vent to their feelings, and, w.. tch d •as they are, are obliged to disguise them as muca as possible , uider the appearance of satisfaaion. The con. scripts for the year 1814, are drawing out, and the young population throughout the country are sent off to the armies. When this Gentleman came away, the Renoir were beginning to seize on the higher elessas of the people, parocuTarly those suspetited to be hostile to the new order of things, and were enrolling them in the conscription. If they pro‘ide substitutes, and those substitutes should be killed or desert, they are obliged to find others, and even then they have reason to fear they will themselves be forced to join .the armies. Under a shew of moderation, the French do %%hat thq please, and whatever the Officers appear to lime must be presented to them, or the owner will rue the consequence of withholding the property. Such is the deplorable state of Holland, and the people are in general so dejetied, thit little is to be hoped from any attempt to liberate themselves from the yoke of oppression. It is reported that Mr. MACKRNZIE has formally demanded his passports to quit Murlaix, in conse quence of no answer having b .ea received to, the ultimatum of our Government. If it were possible to suppose. that BERNADOTTE, one of the infamous satellites of BUONAPARTE, would quietly be permitted to ascend the throne formerly occupied by GUSTAVUS VASA and other illustrious heroes, the Swedish nation would be unworthy of any sentiment of respell and compassion, and would be resigned to the contempt of mankind. BUt whatever artifices may be practised by the agents of iltiorsni.AturE, •in order to raise another of-.lust Ali. pions to a throne, for the purpose of promoting his ambitious views, and establishing the dynasty of France in his own upstart race, it is /Int to be ima• gined that the Swedish people, who look with red vcrence on their wicestors, and have not lost all s ense. o f national character, can submit to such a degradation as to ooey a man who has raised himself from ob.curi•y by 'aiding and abetting the progress of the most detestable of all tyrants. 'No—timid and submissive as roost part of Europe ha 3 become, we hope better things from !be hardy Swedes,t hough perhaps some of.thetr nobles may have.betn cajoled by the arts, or seduced by the bribery of the Cor sican Usurper to betray ,their .country, ,•nd , eyen could BERNADOTTE succeed io his views, which seem even ridiculous,'by the assistance of a Fie,,et, army (if it would permit him to transport one) there could be little doubt that he would soon be the vi&im of patriotic vengeance. But it is so evi dently tlie interest of.ltossia to prevent Sweden from -falling into such a state of- degc ad:l6w, ilia abject as the Erorenar - tat x v kNbEit' seems "td have become, it is hardly possible fOr him but tb rouse from his disgraceful torpor, now That his Enemy , who has deceived him so long under the mask 01 triendship, is likely to be at his door. The true po licy of Russia is to form an alliance with this coun try, by which ALEXANDER may preserve Swe_ den, and secure his own territories against a dan gerous neighbour. It be is not wholly besotted by the.artifices of the illf3llloUS CAULINCOURT, or terrified by his menaces, be will at once shake off the yoke of BUONAPARTE, and bid defi ince to his power. The S ys odes never can be deludr d by the expectation of pecuniary assistance flora BERNA DOTTE, to admit such an upstart upon the throne ut their illustrious line of Icings for, reduced as they are, their new Monarch - would endeavour to ex tort the very means of supply which it is said that he has offered to them; as a lure, to b ,, sic.v the Crown on him, from the;nselves. He would soon deluge their country with a French array, and be has too much expel ience in the.art Of oppression and spoliation, to give them any chancefof the,re :. covery of their liberties, if he ooce obtains a.foot ing in their country. The fate of .Spain is , now,briore them, as well as that of Holland. Thefball, in deed present lamentahL, and awful watnings . tp Rus sia as well as Sweden. The infatuated ALEXAN DER may learn, from the treatment which the Royal Family of Spain sutlered,'after all the sacrifices which had been n,ade to BUONAPARTE, what ingratitude and treachery . he has to expect from the- wi!) , Cor sican. We cannot but hope that this new proof oi the ambition of BUONAPARTE to raise another of his minions, will operate forcibly on Sweden and Russia, and convince them that their only securily is in a sincere and close cenneCtion with this country. Atter all, we should not wonder if matters are so far ripened in Sweden respeoling BERNADOTTE, as to preclude the people themselves from all hope of pre serving their independence, unless by an imme diate effort, as BUONAPARTE has interposed, " For ills but thought by him are half pertOrinecl." A letter by the last arrivals from the Cape of Good Hope stales, that the Garihon, coMmanded by the 'Hon. Lieut.-Gen. GREY, con.ists -of the ht bat talion of the 24th, 72d, 833, 87th, and 93d, with ►he 21st Lglit Dragoons. Prinz:: ions arevery.chap— beef, 3d. per I. ; bread 2d. per ib. ; a bottle of wine WI; and other artictes proporiioilahly l o w. There is no mention male of the reported expedi tion to tiie isle of France. A Gentleman has attired from Alicant by a mer chant vessel, which left thin port the end of July: He gives a satisr.,elory account of the r,tate of affairs in that neighbourhood, and mentions .that Genyral SEBASTIANI-,. ':tier the losses he had sustained, was in no condition to make anyimpression thi:re. The fortifications were'd,ily improving under the direc tion of skilful • engineers, a,d General .BLARE was expedet.: to resume the command of the uops at the Nonh-eastern exit-entity of the Peninsula. The acconat roceived from Cadii are of a very satisfa(.torty•itatuie. All the works which were deemesi necessary fur the &truce of the town aid Island of Leon had. been 'completed. The garrison was numerous; healthy, amply supplied w,th pro visions, and the Spanish part of it.daily improving in discipline and military appearance. : Far different, according to the accounts reLeived from deserters, and through other channela, was the situation of the blockading army. • The enemy were in a manner pent up in the position which .they occupied before the Isle of Leon. The unceasing activity of the patriotic bands interrupted the ccirninunications of the French, and rendered the passage of their con voys tedious and uncertain. The to pops in conse quence were often straitened for provisions —an in convenience that was more likely to increase titan diminish. For the last twelve months .no pay had been issued; some regiments had eighteen months' arrears due to them. Under these circumstances of penury and privation, strict discipline could hardly be expe&ed to be preserved; and the inhabitants felt the full etfeeds of its relaxation. The exces-es that ensued added to their antipathy of the French, and infused fresh vigour into their exertions. This would naturally account for the difficulty in obtain ing supplies, that was felt in the camp at Chiclana. The number of the blockading army was not sup posed to be much greater than that cf the.gartison of Cadiz and the Island. The enemy were more intent on taking precautions against a powerful sortie, than in preparations fur opening the siege in form. It is with much pleasure we see Sir JOHN SIN CLAIR honoured with the rank of Privy Coodselkor. •Few men have more liberally saerified pri'.ate in terest to the honourable discharge of p , t;sllc dotty, without emolument. wholelif haq ben s Seri-s of useful and pinhsnthropic owl tionifor the benefit of his county. The toilowitik Extract ola Letter contains an au thentic account of the state or t , e Oreers of the regini,tot, wounded in the atfair on the Col, w Colonel HULL, of that regiment, was uniortutialeiy killed : COIMBRA, AUG. 4.—State of the Officers of the 43d regimen+, wounded. . Capt. i►islion, slightly , alhicst well , ,is with the regiment. Captains Lloyd and Napi r , dying Wall, and with &tic re gm!: tfl. Cart Hull, severely, but in A fair way; pine to Lishm: 1 to .teualitS Itirvey and loluison, sli6litty, doing weh, 411 d %vitt) t,tt: re: tutrnt. !Actin:m.l,as :)11aw, flopkilv, and Ste} Jenson, doing well, and at Cucnbra. Lieutenant ktederick, hi. leg arnputatA in the ceneral ? Respectable housekeepers do cot depend .)rtti a hocksterfor their supplies, and tie labouring poor in a country village arc generally in bed oetore illat hour. • Titus, it seems, that Mr. Chave c alma ll:lie:sustained any loss in this way, and must have particular motive for representing that Its •1: - .1sle is decreasing its profits trout what is going tot ward in his house. That motive shall be het forth io due time; and in spite of the Ghost's solicitude to be always in the dark, we are mistaken if we do not succeed in bringing it to light. Of Sally, Taylor, and the old woman we shall say nothing at present. We base gone bey and our it. mils, and 'mist po:tpone many other particulars con nected with this face twill our text, Consols PM/ E OF STOCKS THIS DALY Ar TWILVg &CLOCK H E S U N. SC , Lv'J QUIS DICIRE FAISUM AtinFAT? L U 41 , 0._(.1 N. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1810. - - - MI NAVAL NEWS• PLYSIOUTH, AUG. Aitsi.—+Arrised the, 11,;w 41(1f' schooner T'aniamoah, Sttair, from N!u r with 'Jour, for orders; the IFilliavt, Fitiwcs.s°' from London ; Speculator, Bums, fio n Bustn i• Went into liarbotlr his Majesty's si ip Satia e ' AUG. 30.—Arrived the Morning Star cartel , 131' l onging to this port, Captain LAVIS, from Mor i' ' ' s which place she left on Tuesdal night, and brought over Mrs. ANDERSON, and bet chil4;tlll the former has been a prisoner six year.; i Aaive cartel belonging to this port, was at laix, waiting on Mr. MACKENZIE. IN ho =.5 t b ,f 'rel the Union cartel will sill from 11 -, nci to-rnorrov morning for Morlaix, with an American, Gentle man, supposed to be charged with dis, ate lt~s• Arrived the Anierican:ship Moses Brown, W rnll.s' 'roan London, in ballast, and is sailed agate Amelia Nand ; also arrived the Eliza, WILDIN G; Altion, FRANCIS Stert, LOATH; and Pillheadi Mooßg, flora- London ; the Iris, EDNARDSt. 1 . 10111 Portsmouth, fur Cork ; and the Thomas and / 171°' HuGdAII . IS, floin Sunderland. Sailed his Mojesty's ships Latona fur the Ned`. terranean ; and Brisk fir Cork ; the Phoenix 1 " 1 ‘ -1 der to • the westward ; and the Jetiny, RAY , fiji. St. Domingo. • An English brig appearing in the Offing d morning, from Trinidad, with a c a r go of . stkof 4' l coffee for London, and after sending some lell eri ashore by a pilot boat, stood up channel. PORTSMOUTH, AvG 3 1 .—His Majesty's ship ff'T mouth (S. S.) 36 guns, and his M-iesty's ford, 14 guns, Capt. WALItER, Caine into the in g " - hour to rrpair. _ Sailed his Majesty's schooner "Int, 8 guns, L ietit : YOUNG, Corm - I - tinder, on a cruize ; 7'hotntis ant John, CORNER ; rine, HARDY ; and Hope, PALO I4I fur Sunderland. DEAL, AUG. 31.--r4rribeci last, evening anil morning, and sailed for the river, about 21 53 3 °I Jamaica ships. SUR ERNE3c, AUG. 31. - his M . ljot t Y .4 ships Sheldrake and Reynard, with a fleet for 1416 SIPEDEN. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE► LETTER. h A re SVICKUOLISIi Auf;,' B:—ljus: now iirrive.d.•-•, , from . O•rbro ; to-morrow-I' lika"to set odt' agali,r l that place. The King.had la : it 'Thursday a long feren;:e with the Secret Committee, or Secrete tJt s kOtt. A list was presented, containing the names ° the King of P..nmark, tne r n hire of Augtisteoun r S; the Prioce of Oldenburg,, and - the Prince of Pod i a Corvo ; they being the persons who were'propos c as successors to Gostavus's Throne. Th e o bjetau li a - started against the King of Denmark. was; that e ,* Kin and Sovereign, he could n o t a t th e sam e Ob i hold an inferior office as Crown P r i n c e , and. that .. would therefore rather be an insult than a COCIVi i I ; metjt to oiler him tae successi on o f t h e Swetbs Tkone.—(lt is to be understood that none of the Princes named has dire6tly applied, but merely 111.,c. eaeh -. of them has been proposed by some Nobl e ; man.) —ln this way the Kng of Dannark was g ° • rid of. A letter was then read : it was Itonl I he Emperor of the French, full of condolence for tb? loss Sweden has sustained in the loss ut t,ir Cro' Ll Prince,. expressidg the great, st attachment for King and the nation ; and stating, that noth l 4 •could be 'more. pieasing to 13u .n ,pa to than to L4l able to assist Sweden, and to s,tc her once again ', a her former happy state ; that as the Swedish peel" had regained t heir freedom and independence, tinj° l - • al.! reign of so magnanimous a Prince as Cnar lo ' Xlll. Boon:m:1M would wis,h, that by chusi g 3 man with Charles's sentiments and forti.ude of mind, they m retain that au which only cat}, restore them to their.former rank in histu l ry ; bri t at the saint time he wit! by no meddle with the eleiaion ; the more so, as he Bally aware thir the cal gineued Members of the 1) et will be the best:. jo:tges in this respect. B ron 14 - --thereopon, cn a long, and it is said, tedious speech, prop o sed t.b° Prince of Pon , e Corvu; the King amid tour Aot.o..inen seconded the modem, the plurality of Votes beipi'' thus Ay favour of Petite et,rii, it is thought that 1,6 will be chosen ; however, the s , ,bieet was to be di" - cussed ;,:g t 11e no: . day, When, or at fartres' , . next Tueiday, t t wits be laid, betore e State of 11 4 . 4.N0 one spoke Itl favour of Gusto: its', soh yea, e%eil tile very liame of the H ,use u; Vasa 01. - 0 .I.:t Mentioned. Who would hake t tit.);; ; ltt this t pars age My he .rt bleeds when Iti i,k on unhappy lamily. But I aui wro-g. There is a a happiness s' O iu the l - own breaos that neither: 3 natioa nor a B.:on tpar e can take from it , eln. W e - are pile at a how to consider choi'- ° ' • (s ould Bernadotte in tact ue chosen Crown Prince) , tor (Jot lo:.ur than a we...is .%0 taere was a ruut..or !!at the Pr , . nen A: - .0 was recalled, s on - :0 say for hi: b-ing too ous ) , u having thereby 1 " curred he '.pleS . are of t g, other'! • was on adcoun: ut sul,,e e t :4;ences brought for wa: don t tr:at ot Cum, t L Lr- en's ma' dercrs. 13.40 n Sikersu . : - re, who was the tl7tjulatit• Gentral the clay ferse was I:ii:rckrt'd, h.,s Jug /Fs °flit v. • • " Tie . Speaker fa the le: is 13...r0n 141'11 1 ' ming, First L d o. t,,e 1.; ; for tt) t. ; b y, . 14 . 11 bur i ; tor tEr4 ii..rgl.ers, Mr. ,iti ; 1.1 C Yep ants , . Lir! , o—on,0 —on, taro er."